Pulp - This Is Hardcore Chords & Tabs

Song: This Is Hardcore
Band: Pulp
Album: This Is Hardcore (1997)
Tabbed by: Trifonas
E-mail: trifwnas@hotmail.gr

Tuning: Standard EADGBe (Low to high)

OK, in this I have tabbed the guitar parts and the chords
are mostly taken from the chords version of this song in this site
(I have made some corrections though).
Hope you enjoy playing these amazing riffs!

Intro:
Em9 Em9 Em9 Em9
Em9 Gmaj7/Eb Gmaj7/D Gmaj7/C#
Em B/D# G/D A
Em9 Em9 Em9 Em9

Riff 1 (on piano)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------4~--4-2-------|
G|-1-2--4~---1-2--5~---1-2----------4~----|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Riff 2 (on piano)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7/8-10--8-7-8--7/8-10--8-7---7/8-10--8p7/8/12~--10~---|
G|----------------------------9---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
Em9              Gmaj7
You are hardcore you make me hard
Em9                    Gmaj7/F#
You name the drama and I'll play the part
Em9                         Gmaj7
It seems I saw you in some teenage wet dream
Em9                        Gmaj7/F#
I like your get-up if you know what I mean

Em9       Gmaj7/Eb
I want it bad
Gmaj7/D   Gmaj7/C#
I want it now
Em9          B/D#
Oh can't you see
G/D        A
I'm ready now

     Em9                            Gmaj7/Eb
I've seen all the pictures, I've stu_died them for ever
  Gmaj7/D                     Gmaj7/C#
I wanna make a movie so let's star in it together, oh_
C5               G5             Em9
Don't make a move   till I say 'Action'
C5        G5                 Em9
Oh, here comes the Hardcore life

Riff 3 (Link: Don't make a move...
Oh, here comes the hardcore life...)
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5-5-5-------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5-5----|
A|--3-3-3-3-3------5-5-5-5-5----|
E|-----------------3-3-3-3-3----|

Riff 4 Riff 5  (Riff 4 is played when he says
'till I say 'Action' along with the Em9 chord
and Riff 5 is played when he says
'...the Hardcore life' along with the Em9 chord - these two are played on piano)
e|-------------------------|----------------|
B|---7/8-10-10h11h12p10\7--|--7/8-10--8\7---|
G|-------------------------|-------------9--|
D|-------------------------|--------9-------|
A|-------------------------|----------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pulp/this_is_hardcore_tab.html ]
Riff 6 (strum very fast)
e|--7/10/12\8------|
B|-----------------|
G|--4/7/9\5--------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Bm
Put your money  where your mouth is tonight
F
Leave your make up on  and I'll leave on the light
Bm
Come over here babe and talk in the mic
F
Oh, yeah I hear you now  it's gonna be one helluva night
E                   A           F
You can't be a spectator - oh, no
           F                     E
You gotta take these dreams and make them whole

Riff 7 (this is played when he says: '..one helluva night')
e|--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-------|
B|--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-------|
G|--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--6--6--6--6--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-------|
D|--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2-------|
A|----3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2-----|
E|----1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-----|

Chorus:

C          Esus4 E
Oh this is Hardcore
Am       F               C
There is no way back for you
           Esus4 E
Oh this is Hardcore
Am      F              C
This is me on top of you
                               Esus4       E      Em
And I can't believe that it took me  this long
                      Em
That it took me this long

Riff 8
e|------------------------------------|
B|---12b13br12p10-12b13br12p10--------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

Riff 8a (...it took me this long..)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------0--------------|
G|--14~--14\--12~---------0-------------|
D|-------------------------2------------|
A|--------------------------2-----------|
E|---------------------------0----------|

Bridge:

     Em9                   Bm/D
Oh, this is the eye of the storm
                                   C#7
It's what men in stained raincoats pay for
                   Cmaj7   C6
But in here it is  pure,  yeah
Em9                    Bm/D
This is the end of the line
                C#7
I've seen this storyline
       C#7                 Cmaj7    C6
Played out so many times before
   Em9                      Em9
Oh that goes in there, then that goes in there_
     Bm/D                     Bm/D
Then that goes in there, then that goes in there_
C#7               Cmaj7    C6
Oh, and then it's over
Em9                  Bm/D
Oh, what a hell of a show
                    C#7
But what I want to know
                               Cmaj7   C6
What exactly do you do for an encore?
              Em9
'Cos this-is hardcore


Outro:
Em9
end on Em9

Legend:
| /   slide up     |
| \   slide down   |
| h   hammer-on    |
| p   pull-off     |
| ~   let it ring  |
| b   Bend         |
| br  Bend release |